Lead Photos

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgts. Alexander Orellana, left, and Mark Massalski observe troop positioning as service members with the Mongolian armed forces rehearse platoon tactics at the Five Hills Training Area, Mongolia, Aug. 25, 2013. The training is part of a nonlethal weapons exercise, hosted annually in the Pacific region and led this year by U.S. Marines with the 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ben Eberle

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Eric J. Blaszkowski uses binoculars to scan the surrounding area to look for potential enemy movement during a mission in the Saberi district in Afghanistan's Khowst province, Aug. 21, 2013. Blaszkowski, a fire support specialist, is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Company E, 2nd Battlion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jusitn A. Moeller

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Luis Mitchell back crawls under barbed wire on the obstacle course during U.S. Army Europe's Best Warrior competition in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Aug. 20, 2013. Mitchell is assigned to the U.S. Army Europe's 12th Combat Aviation Brigade.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Pablo Piedra

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel visits the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in Manila, Philippines, Aug. 30, 2013. The 152-acre cemetery is the resting place of 17,201 U.S. service members killed in World War II, most of whom died during operations in New Guinea and the Philippines.
DOD photo by U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Aaron Hostutler